Left on Seen [Rini/Specialty Flashback]

Usually Rin won’t go out of his way to seek somebody out without lightly delving into the person’s background. However, on this massive floating marketplace, Rin didn’t really have much of an option to do so. Rumor has it that there was someone whose intelligence is superior even their nation’s strategist. A feat that is not so easily accomplished, let alone earn recognition from their first Chunin Exam. Not that Rin could relate as he’s never participated in any of the Chunin Exams. They always seemed to be interesting, but the only time he could participate in a Chunin Exams Rin was turned away.

Ironically, the lass inherited an eerily similar name as himself, as Rini Nakamura. Surprisingly Rin has never met another person that has similar name or deprivation from his name yet. That is until now of course. The Uchiha sent word to Rini Nakamura to meet with him at the Heavenly Emporium at [insert building name]. With a promise of 100k ryo and information. What the information was Rin didn’t say, but at the very least the payment would be a hefty amount to say the least. The purpose behind the meeting would be stated as well for it was to remove the Five Elements Seal placed on him by the Society during his capture.

Currently Rin has taken up with one of the many buildings that’s relatively small. Much like a normal sized house in a sense that is rather spacious. At the center is a long wooden table of maple with exactly six identical chairs positioned along the table. Also at the center of this table is a ceramic bowl with various fruits stacked on it. Including apples, grapes, bananas, and oranges.

Of course there’s a section off to the north side where a fully functional kitchen can be found. Rin is garbed in his black suit with silver trimmings including a satin vest with silver buttons. The Ironblood was seated on the far left of the table and his suit jacket can be seen hanging up along the back of his chair. His short raven hair still from the lack of motion as Rin leaned back into his chair with his left hand resting on the table while his right arm was folded on his lap.

In the world, there existed many different organizations. Some of them were suited to war, some of them were mercenary based, and others were built around information gathering. Those organizations often employed many different people, and to the eyes of those who had heard of certain organizations, the one that employed Rini was just another such group. The difference between her organization and any other, such as Mockingbird, was that hers was not real.

Rini preferred to get work and find information using puppets to simulate agents, while keeping herself out of the eye of the public. It was easier to gather information and keep herself out of harms way while doing so if people thought they were dealing with someone else. Of course, there were moments when it took a hands on approach to deal with things, and so when word reached her ears that someone was looking for an extremely intelligent Fuuinjutsu user to undo a seal, she set up a meeting using the shadow organization as a go between. To anyone else, she was just a free agent contracted for a job, and that's all anyone needed to know.

Onboard the Emporium, Rini had to admit that the engineering of this place was above and beyond. She could get lost marveling in its work, but there would be time to explore later. She was wheeled to her meeting with the Jinchuuriki, Rin, by a helpful hand. Okane's crew were certainly helpful.

She'd dressed up in a casual tank top and shorts as usual, with a zip up jacket with her Kumogakure headband tied loosely around her neck. Her glasses were quite big, taking up most of her face, and her long ginger hair cascaded down her front, bangs covering her forehead.

Rini had taken the time while traveling to study up on the technique she needed to learn. The Fuuinjutsu, Five Elements Unseal technique was one that could undo almost any seal, and with Rini's level of intelligence, she need only look at a seal for but a moment before she knew what it was and how to undo it. She studied over the method and gave the application a small test run, to see if she could do it. It shouldn't realistically be that difficult.

When she found herself in the room with Rin, the man pushing her took a step out, ready to give the two of them their privacy. She looked over Rin and frowned. "Want me to fix the hand too? Could build you a new one pretty easily. Anyhow, let me see the seal."

-Learned: Five Elements Unseal

Whether it is a gift or a curse, Rin's eyesight could define the tiniest detail such as the microfracture in one of the chairs opposite of him. So tiny, yet his keen eyes could discern something tiny as that even if he was 100 meters away from it. Still his other senses were not slacking either as he could hear sounds of something mechanical slightly squeaking as well as hear the feet stepping behind whatever mechanism was making it. His eyes lifted up to the source before the main door was opened to reveal one of the airship workers pushing forward a wheelchair. A wheelchair in which a ginger haired shinobi occupied. She was rather frail, skinny on the bones, but Rin knows to never underestimate her. Rin could face down a man over a hundred years old, on a wheelchair, and would take care not to underestimate the opponent.

Upon the sight of Rini, the Ironblood presents a smile on his face as he raises his hand to acknowledge her. Of course, he sees the scowl on her face as her eyes drifted to his right arm, and he chuckled upon her offer to fix up his hand.

”I appreciate the offer, but I will have to respectfully decline. Fortunately I already devised a method to replace it.” Rin respectfully explained to her. His tone and the way he speaks is one would find in a soldier who's spent too much time on the battlefield. Perhaps his warming approach might speak of his humility is actually his way to cope with the regrets he’s made. At any rate, Rini got straight to the point in showing her the seal, so Rin deftly unbuttons his vest and long-sleeved shirt with his left hand. Of course he doesn’t need to remove anything, just expose the left side of his chest. Amidst the evident scars on his torso like he’s been stabbed by something tiny hundreds of times over riddled his skin. On the left side of his chest is a solid black scorpion with its stinger half poised to strike and its thick pincers half closed around its face. It seems to resemble the black emperor scorpion, but it is enclosed with fuuinjutsu seals in the shape of a ring and there are five main points along the ring. About the size of a spread out hand in fact.

”I’ve heard you’ve done well in the Chunin Exams. I’m told it is no easy task to get through up to the finals. As such, I’d like to congratulate you for your efforts.” It was practically small talk as his hazel eyes twinkle while he spoke. If there was a hint of fear or shame on the teen’s face, he doesn’t show it. Not anyone would be insane enough to pull Kurama out of his body even with the intent to capture Kurama. Although Rin is excited to speak with the bijuu once again.

"Suit yourself." she said, as Rin declined her offer to build him a hand. She didn't really care whether he accepted or not, she'd only offered because there was a potential for more money to her if he was in the market. Seeing as he wasn't, she moved on.

With that out of the way, Rin exposed the left side of his chest, and Rini examined the seal, and it was certainly excellently crafted. Whoever made the seal was a genius. However, she could see where there was room for improvement. There were weak points in the seal. She raised her hand and was about to remove it when Rin started to speak, congratulating her on her part in the exams. Once again Rini frowned, but then continued her work.

From each of her fingers sprouted a small blue flame, and she gently placed her fingers on the five points of the Five Elements Seal. The seal around his Bijuu seal unraveled, and Rin would feel the access to Kurama and his chakra supply once again. "Thanks, but I didn't enter the exams for glory or any of that. I just wanted to see what my intellect and skills could do for me, and how I stacked against other ninja. Figure out what I needed to improve, what sort of skills other people had, stuff like that. Anyhow, my payment?"

-20 Stamina, Five Elements Unseal: Unsealed Five Elements Seal

S+ Int immediately identifies S Int seal, as it is above the rank of intelligence.

It will generally take no time at all to decipher and undo a seal with the appropriate unsealing technique if your intelligence is higher than the seal creator, but as that advantage wanes, it may take additional time and effort. Equal Intelligence often takes two posts, one Tier lower takes four; two tiers lower: seven; three tiers lower: ten. An Intelligence difference of more than three tiers is simply too great to overcome, no matter how much time is invested into the seal.

Now Menza was no slouch when it came to intellect and strategic planning as Rin was painfully aware. Granted despite that intellect Rin still nearly beat the man to death. That wasn't exactly Menza's fault either, Rin and Kurama were essentially fighting as one to overpower Menza. But to witness Rini immediately unraveling Menza's work was surprising to Rin. As Rin is knowledgeable in how the two techniques work, and while Rin himself could remove it. Time would be consumed in the process for him, so Rini's short work spoke of her prowess as a shinobi.

Rin nods his head as he understood what Rini was saying.

"I can understand that. Best way to get a grasp of the possible threats with the next generation is either facing them in a sanctioned area such as the Chunin Exams or worse case scenario you might have to deal with them later on." As for how to deal with them depends on the scenario and what Rini would do. To which he won't voice assumptions on that front. Still, the Ironblood reached with his left hand back to retrieve a hefty pouch that's rather full of money from his jacket's pocket. After setting the pouch on the table, Rin returns his hand to the table's surface in front of him.

"As for the information, it's actually about a technique as I wasn't sure if you used any elements or not. Given your work however, I think you can make use of it." Rin turned his hand with palm facing upward, and with concentration of his molded chakra into a spiraling sphere. The intensely condensed raw chakra seems to come to life as it hovers slightly over his palm.

"This sphere is called the Rasengan, which hosts devastating force upon impact of whatever is unfortunate to be the target. Simply concentrate the molded chakra to one hand, and refine your control into a spherical shape that rotates violently like so." Rin makes it sound simple, but to anyone who isn't well coordinated generally needs the help of a shadow clone or someone else to help form the Rasengan. Something tells Rin that Rini wouldn't have much of a problem with that front. He can imagine how upset Konohagakure would be if they found out that he just taught one of their exclusive techniques to a foreigner, but Rin technically isn't part of Konohagakure anymore. Instead he's more of a mercenary, so that obligation is no longer present on him. Besides, the process was well executed and Rin felt like the girl deserved a beneficial reward. If anything it'll just be something Rini will know for future purposes.

[Teaching Rasengan]

"Exactly."

Rini quickly snatched the pouch of Ryo from the table, a blur of speed to most people in general, counting the money inside to make sure it was all there. This was primarily what she had done this all for in the first place. She'd developed a system to count it all faster, and so the process wasn't that long. Despite existing in a wheelchair, her mind and coordination levels were off the charts for someone of her rank, something Rin could get a glimpse of first hand.

Then he began to show her the technique, a ball of chakra. Rini's interest was piqued, and she watched as he formed it. To her, it looked like the ball of chakra was simply swirling around and contained, something that she thought she should be able to do. Ninjutsu wasn't really her strong suit, but chakra control wasn't that difficult in theory. Puppets required a good deal of control, and the Rasengan actually reminded her of a bunch of Chakra Strings whirling around in a ball.

Rini held out a hand and began to focus her chakra to her palm. "Okay, so... gather chakra, check." she muttered to herself. It was always easier for her to go through a process. "Then rotate it rapidly." She used the same principle of her chakra strings, but focused on her palms, and began to twist the chakra around. The result looked like small strings running in a circular motion. "Check."

"Then.... condense into a shape. Ball." That was the harder part. It required a good deal of focus and a good deal of concentration to get it down in one go. Of course, to Rini, it being harder was a bit of a subjective look on it. The degree of difficulty for her wasn't all that different, just moderately so. Her focus was on the task, so it wasn't even an issue. There was very little she couldn't accomplish if she put her mind to something, and this was no different.

The ball of chakra formed in her hand, and Rini stared at the absolute beauty. She wasn't much of a ninjutsu user, but she couldn't deny that it was good. "Alright, this technique will certainly do. Thank you, Mr. Uchiha. Anything else you need help with? How's your Bijuu seal holding up? I'm a fuuinjutsu specialist too, I know that seals can be strained, and I imagine having a Bijuu in it might cause it to strain. I can fix any damage to it, if you've used it a bunch."

-Learned, Rasengan

As Rin had suspected, Rini got the grasp of it pretty quickly. Granted he could understand if she had a little difficulty in performing it, yet she was able to pull it off without support either. Which suggests her level of chakra control is at least on par of his own. As she was getting the grasp of it, Rin kept the Rasengan maintained so that she could get a reference of it. Time passed however small that might be, and Rin's once hazel eyes turned into the blood red of Kurama's albeit they don't glow nor do they hold the same slit of Kurama's eyes. It was a gradual change, but by the time Rini completed her Rasengan the change would've already been completed.

"Well since you've offered, I'll take you up on reinforcing the seal. Before that however, I have to wrap something up." Rin accepted her offer, but Rin gets up from his chair and walks up to the kitchen area. Where he opens one of the cabinets where some of the basic pots and pans would be at. Reaching inside of the cabinet with his left hand, Rin brings out a backpack and sets it on the counter. Opening it, Rin brings out a full roll of sealing cloth, a pot of ink, and an ink brush. Uncorking the ink, rolling out the sealing cloth to it's full length. Rin dips the brush into the pot of ink and begins the long extensive process of inscribing Fuuinjutsu seals in fine print that's equally as complex as it is difficult to say the least.

Rin is no genius when it comes to booksmarts or even to Fuuinjutsu itself. However, Rin takes pride in that he often thinks outside of the box and uses whatever he has available no matter how small or significant it might be. The Fuuinjutsu seals that contain bijuu chakra similar to how one goes about making someone into a Jinchuriki. However the seals extract the bijuu chakra in the host and then refines before condensing into the shape of a limb. In Rin's case, Rin intertwines the seals into selectively forming a hand. Then proceeds to enable the function to activate the bijuu chakra upon his discretion and seal it back up. Once Rin was finished, his pot was empty with black stains in the glass, his brush set to the side, and the sealing cloth is riddled with long strings of Fuuinjutsu seals that makes the ludicrous idea into a strong possibility.

"The procedure I'm about to do involves me briefly tampering into one of the strong forms the bijuu chakra can manifest onto me. I should be able to keep my sanity in check long enough to wrap this thing around the manifested chakra, and then I'll deactivate it." Rin explained to the girl, not that he expects her to understand, but rather to give her a warning of caution. Speaking of, Rin turns his head over his shoulder at Rini, and manifesting into the reality is Rin's Jade chokuto of excellent quality. A platinum recurved bow with intricate leaf patterns as the string is like a strand of silver. An eerie long scythe with a blade dark as the night and held engraved Fuuinjutsu patterns. Indicating that one at least is enchanted. And finally a sacred mask to which Rin will try to secure these items around the room.

"Just to be sure." Then Rin proceeded to grab the cloth with his left hand before shrugging off his long sleeved shirt and vest. Sitting on the floor, Rin enters in his meditative state to engage in a full immersion to his inner world, and to converse with the bijuu that resides within him.

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"YOU ARE THE MOST PITIFUL CREATURE I HAVE EVER LAID EYES ON!" A thunderous voice roared throughout the inner world that actually made Rin lean away and covered one ear from the loud yelling. Kurama angrily struck against the vine-like barrier three tails at a time, it was to no avail of course. Just that Kurama was loud and furious.

"Well that's one way to say hello I guess." Rin spoke rather casually as he smiled at the raging gargantuan creature. Kurama snarled as he turned his head away from Rin and began pacing back and forth.

"WE HAD HIM! WE ALMOST KILLED THE PEST AND YET HE SLIPPED AWAY FROM MY CLAWS!" Kurama slammed his fist against the mossy ground of what is believed to be rock and a strong earthquake emitted from the force. Rin nods his head in agreement.

"That he did. It was an unfortunate event, Kurama, but the good news is that we're still alive." At the mention of the bijuu's name, the Kyuubi turned to glare with it's pair of giant eyes at the boy. Even Kyuubi lowers his face to be more on eye level with Rin.

"How can you smile after being so close to death? I know death when I see it, and by all rights you at least should have been dead." Kurama's voice was still loud and it dripped with venom, but it wasn't as harsh as before. Maybe even sentimental? It was hard to tell in a bijuu. Either way, Rin thought about it for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.

"I honestly don't know, friend. It is not my first time I've brushed with death, and it most definitely won't be my last. But it was certainly the closest to death that I've felt to be sure." The Ironblood admitted as he gestured to his scarred body. Kurama frowned as his eyes narrowed at the boy.

"How old are you human?" The question wasn't expected as it was rather off topic. So Rin did stumble over his words at first.

"I-I'm only sixteen now Kurama. Why do you ask?" A sigh of disappointment escaped from Kurama's curled lips as he crossed his hands and lays his head on them.

"You're younger than that other Uchiha when I was sealed into him." Rin knew who Kurama was referring to, and frankly this was a rare chance for Kurama to… well not be angry unless he's sleeping. So Rin sits on the stone floor as the luminescent algae coming from the small pool of water dispels the darkness enough for dim light.

"Prince Satori Uchiha you mean?" Rin was more like telling than asking, but the bijuu nodded it's giant head in acknowledgement.

"That's the one. He was seventeen as I recall when they captured me and made that Prince into a Jinchuriki. He didn't really fight it, and he certainly didn't fight me just to seal me within him. Yet that was because he desperately wanted to impress his father. The boy sacrificed so much and abused the power my chakra gave him. Up until his seal barely contained within him." Kurama explained, and frankly Rin was seeing where Kurama was going with this. Kurama was referencing what Satori did with Kurama's power.

"You're worried that the same thing will happen with me?" This time the bijuu didn't really answer, but the Kyuubi shifted it's red eyes to Rin once more.

"Something like that. Oh, and your theory about the Disciples returning isn't exactly far fetched. The problem is that the ignorant won't act until the Disciples are upon them, and if Hohoni wishes it he will take back the Land of Fire and burn humanity to Ash." Seems like Rin's theory was correct that Kurama was still perceptive of what goes on around Rin, just that they could not communicate directly.

"Yeah, that's the problem however. These people won't do anything until it kicks down their gates, and by then it'll be too late." Kurama's unwavering gaze remained the same as it emits the violent bloodlust behind them, yet Rin has been around it so much that he's grown used to it.

"And you're willing to place faith in them?" Yet Rin didn't really answer as what was left of a smile on his face dropped to a frown. His hazel eyes shifted down to the moss covered stone.

"If I am going to be honest here, I want to place faith in humanity in general. I want to break this cycle of hatred and sorrow. Yet they've proven time and time again that when push comes to shove. They will run away if they do not have the advantage. So in the end, I can't count on anyone to endure it with me."

"Are you honest with me?" Kurama questioned the boy, and Rin smirked before looking back up to the bijuu's eye.

"Of course I am. There's really no point in me lying to you, and frankly I don't want to lie to you either." The Kyuubi grunts in response before shifting into what Rin can only guess is something comfortable to Kurama. As the nine gargantuan tails seem to curl around the bijuu.

"You wish to borrow my chakra from what I understand to replace the hand that you've lost. Even though you've been offered a less fleshy form of a hand, you wish to use my power instead?" Kurama got straight to the point now, and Rin nodded his head in agreement.

"That is correct. I wish to extract a part of your chakra in dense levels, and then use the seals I've already prepared to condense it and remain attached to my arm." A brow raised from the bijuu before what was mistaken as rumbling was actually just Kurama chuckling.

"First you combine the Nature Energy and my chakra by assigning me as your Sage. Ludicrous as it sounded at the time, you still managed to pull it off despite what people told you. Now you're going to attempt to sever a part of my chakra to permanently attach it to your body? Do you really think that will stand a chance against someone like Hohoni?" Kurama couldn't help except ask this question, and Rin didn't answer right away as his mind calculated the last time Rin fought against Hohoni. The major difference between then and next time is that last time Hohoni was weakened and could still hold his own very well. At the man's full strength, Hohoni would be like a walking army by himself.

"Against Hohoni? Not a chance. I might be safe to say if I strategically conserve my Senjutsu enough and play my cards right I might be able to hold him off for a while. But to really give him a run for his money… I'll need to achieve whatever form Nozomi used. Something about a bond between her and Isobu was established."

"I know EXACTLY what that is. For that, the only way you can get to that point is to take control over all of my chakra. Which of course means our round two would start." Kurama held a wolfish grin on his face this time. And frankly while someone would probably be terrified to fight against Kurama. Rin just grinned with the bijuu.

"So it would be. Well, I'd like to give this sage thing a good testrun first, and then I'll come and fight you."

"Hmph! It's a deal then. Oh, and before you go. You are exactly 3 months, 12 days, 2 hours and 15 minutes late on your next move." Kurama gestured off to Rin's right where a rather ornate chess board of stone that is on Kurama's side. The pieces are a mixture of platinum and Jade as each chess piece gave off a faint glow of either platinum or emerald green. It was a chess game Rin often played with Kurama back before they fought Menza and were knocked out. Yet Rin noticed that all of the pieces were knocked over.

"Uh… I think your strength knocked everything off." Rin has never seen such a comical poker face from the bijuu as he froze for a couple of seconds. Then with a blur of speed of his tails Kurama picked up and arranged the pieces to form a new game.

"N-new game then. I didn't remember where everything was." Yet somehow Rin doubts that Kurama actually forgot about it. Still, the Ironblood raised his hand as the wind soft like an invisible blanket lifts one of Rin's knights to H3. Then Rin returns back to the real world.

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Rin comes out of his meditation as he takes a deep breath. Through his left hand, Rin sends chakra through the sealing cloth to initiate the extraction sequence. Thin red smoke emits from Rin's body as his nails grew longer and canines began to form. Even the thin lines of whiskers appears on his face, yet Rin continues to endure it even as Kurama's influence is clearly present here. That was actually the easy part, and now comes the hard part.

Dark red mass of volatile chakra seems to eat away Rin's skin along his right forearm. It continues to expand downward as Rin bared his teeth as the corrosive chakra made it feel like his arm was burning. Yet the second part of the sequence was beginning as the bijuu chakra extends past the stump of his right hand into the form of an ever shifting tendril. The sealing cloth lifts off the ground as it swiftly wraps around the tendril up to his elbow in a blink of an eye. In which case the Fuuinjutsu seals shined brightly in pale blue as it seems to wrap tightly around the tendril. Visibly witnessing the chakra struggling as wisps of red smoke emits from the tendril. Even so the cloth continues to condense the chakra until it eventually seals up into the form of a humanoid hand that comes with all five fingers.

Once it was done, the cloth emits a rapid pattern of seals of a mixture pale blue and gold. Occasionally a green glow would appear, sometimes a red one would appear before the chakra is visibly redirected at incredibly high speeds to the other line of seals. Eventually, the seals stopped blinking in lights as it shined brightly in raw chakra. As the light gradually faded, Rin lets out a sigh of relief.

"That took longer than I expected."

WC: 2587
[Learning and Applying Hidden Art; Chakra Veil - S rank custom Fuuinjutsu seal on self]

She watched and waited as Rin began writing his fuuinjutsu seal, inspecting it as he worked. It wasn't perfect, there was some room for improvement, but he did an okay job. And then he began to meditate. She took a look at his weapons and examined the build and craftmanship on them. Weaponry wasn't really her thing though, so she quickly became disinterested.

"Eh, if you lose control, I'll just put the 5 Element Seal back on you or whatever. I can remove it later, but it's better than the alternative." she remarked.

When Rin returned to the waking world, she watched to see what he had done. She paid attention to the chakra around him, and his mannerisms to make sure he was still in control while he did his thing. It was always interesting to gather information about a person and their abilities, as well as what mannerisms of stuff they could do. If Kumogakure or anyone had issues with Rin Uchiha, she'd be able to sell more information, or work out counters as well.

Interestingly enough, he seemed to make a hand of Bijuu chakra, and Rini only responded with a grunt of amusement. So he did have his own solution. It was less elegant though, than an actual prosthetic. Always using chakra, stuff like that. But whatever, it wasn't her problem.

Rini placed her hand on his seal once again. It had weakened a little, some of the fuuinjutsu writing had been unwound, weakening the seal. She focused her chakra, rewriting the seal to increase its strength. She couldn't fully reinforce it, but she'd restore it to mostly full. It was unfortunate she couldn't just design her own seal and replace it completely.

"Alright, there you go. If that'll be all?" she waited for confirmation.

The seal did take some damage from Rin's attempt at making his own hand through the use of the bijuu chakra. While mechanical one could work, Rin didn't think it would be close to the real thing. Even if it was, Rin doubted he could pay her enough for it. This was essentially the cheaper route, and it will likely come with a price via damaging his Jinchuriki seal. However, if Rin can tame this monstrous chakra, then just maybe he can use it and his other forms without burning up his seal.

"Thank you, Rini. That's everything accounted for. Here's a little extra for reinforcing the seal." Rin offers the Kumogakure shinobi a smile as he gets up to his backpack. Where he brings out enough ryo equivalent of twenty thousand and hands it over to Rini.

"You did a great job. Thank you again for the assistance." With that being said, Rin gathers his shirt, jacket, weapons, and his backpack before he cleans up his mess. Once he's done so, Rin will turn on his heel and faced Rini once more assuming she's still around.

"Do you want me to help you out of here?"